Four teenagers injured in Bootle shotgun attack

Four teenagers are being treated for injuries suffered in a shooting in Bootle, Merseyside, on Saturday night.

Police received a call to say a 17-year-old male had been shot in Akenside Street at around 11.30pm.

The incident was the latest in a series of shootings in Bootle (PA)

Three other youths, two aged 17 and one 15, later sought medical attention for shotgun wounds in relation to the same incident.

Merseyside police said none of the injuries were life-threatening.

Ch Supt Julie Cooke said: ‘This is a disgraceful act that has led to four young men receiving medical treatment for shotgun injuries – the consequences could have been much worse.

‘The force, along with the community, will not tolerate the use of guns and the fear those who use them spread.’

Police are yet to establish a motive for the attack, which was the latest in a succession of gun crime incidents in the area.

A man was shot in the chest on Stanley Road on August 2, a 29-year-old male suffered gunshot wounds to the leg and chest in Orrell Road on July 27, and shots were fired at a house in Partington Avenue on July 31.